Michelle Obama: "I Was Like, Baby Bump?"
Mar. 31 2009, Published 2:44 p.m. ET
Elegant, classy, cultured are good adjectives by which to label Michelle Obama -- pregnant is not.
In a new interview with Oprah Winfrey's O Magazine, the talk show host broached the subject by commenting on a minor flaw in her impressive physique.
After Winfrey told Obama, "You look better than ever—despite the rumors that you've got a baby bump," the first lady responded laughing, saying "I know—I was like, 'Baby bump? As hard as I work on my abs?!'"
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Obama, noted for her toned, Angela-Basset-esque arms, said she works about about four or five days a week.
She quashed the bumpy rumor with a straight-forth response normally missing in the political spectrum.
"Here's the scoop," she said. "Not pregnant. And not planning on it."